Tony Oliva

Tony Pedro Oliva is a former Major League Baseball right fielder and designated hitter. A star of the first magnitude during baseball's "second deadball era", he spent his entire 15-year baseball career playing for the Minnesota Twins from 1962 through 1976. Oliva was the 1964 American League Rookie of the Year. He was an All-Star for eight seasons, an American League batting champion for three seasons, an AL hit leader five seasons, and a Gold Glove winner one season. On a consensus Hall of Fame track his first eight years, his career was cut short in its prime by a series of severe knee injuries, forcing him to become a designated hitter during his final four years of ... more on Wikipedia